Reptilia - Loricata - Metriorhynchidae
Synonym: Enaliosuchus Koken 1883
Parent taxon: Rhacheosaurini according to M. T. Young et al. 2024
See also Bronzati et al. 2012, Buchy et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Cau and Fanti 2011, Hua et al. 2000, Jouve 2009, Parrilla-Bel and Canudo 2015, Sachs et al. 2019, Sepkoski 2002, Young 2013, Young et al. 2010, Young et al. 2013 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxon: Rhacheosaurus
Subtaxa: Cricosaurus albersdoerferi Cricosaurus araucanensis Cricosaurus bambergensis Cricosaurus elegans Cricosaurus gracilis Cricosaurus lithographicus Cricosaurus macrospondylus Cricosaurus mexicanus Cricosaurus puelchorum Cricosaurus rauhuti Cricosaurus saltillensis Cricosaurus schroderi Cricosaurus suevicus Cricosaurus vignaudi Neustosaurus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), France (2), Germany (1)
• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Cuba (1), Germany (9), Mexico (3)
Total: 20 collections including 23 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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